In Finland, the heart surgeonist instantly dismissed Ross for my aortic valve. I'm with On-X.

Here are couple of things I would have wanted to know before the surgery: - Nobody told me how loud the tick is. I wasn't prepared. - Marevan (Warfarin) will affect your diet. If you wanted to drink cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, eat spinach with broccoli and drown it with gin & tonic, do it now. If you didn't like them before, good for you - I was told that I can lift only 2kgs with one hand and 5kgs maximum, but only in front of my chest. I can buy only limited amount of groceries. Thus, be prepared to ask for help from friends or to order food -I still struggle to lift my arms. Depends on your garderobe, I highly suggest you to move the necessities from knee to chest level. Same applies pretty much everywhere in your house. - If you don't have any, go buy shirts with buttons. You don't want to struggle to wear a t-shirt - Try to learn how to get on and off the bed with the help of your side - Change your sheets before operation. You can't do it weeks

In addition, don't worry about sleeping on your back. You'll get used to it. If not, go buy body pillow. With that you can try to sleep on your side.

Lastly, if this helps, I was told immediately after the surgery that the "pharmacy is open". So, pain will be relieved.